The March 2012 issue of US magazine JazzTimes includes its ‘Expanded Critics Poll 2011’ . ECM, we’re pleased to report, is once again voted Record Label of the Year (“The Best of the Jazz Industry”). The Charles Lloyd Quartet is voted Best Acoustic Group, with Jason Moran also # 1 pianist.

Elsewhere in the magazine, a six-page piece on Jack DeJohnette is worth reading. So, too, are the tributes to Paul Motian by his trio partners Bill Frisell and Joe Lovano.